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desperdicio

∗ ≈

waste

∗ noun

desperdicio
masculine noun
1. waste (acción)
2. (residuo)
  • desperdicios -> scraps
also:
  • no tener desperdicio -> to be excellent from start to finish

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desperdicio [des-per-dee’-the-o]
noun
1. Prodigality, profusion, waste. (m)
2. Residuum, relics, remains, garbage. (m)
  • Desperdicios de cuero -> furrier’s waste
  • El muchacho no tiene desperdicio -> he’s a fine lad

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desperdicio
1 (derroche) [de tiempo] waste; [de dinero] waste; squandering
el cerdo es un animal que no tiene desperdicio
esta carne no tiene desperdicio all this meat can be eaten; el libro no tiene desperdicio the book is excellent from beginning to end; el muchacho no tiene desperdicio there's very little to be said in his favour
2 desperdicios [de comida] scraps; (Técnica) waste products
de la cocina (Biología)
desperdicios de algodón cotton waste
singular
; (s)
desperdicios de cocina kitchen scraps
desperdicios de hierro scrap iron
singular
; (s)

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